Yeah the records totals in NICS are terrifyingly low. Of course the carrot and stick are relatively laughable as well. Barely more than if the state participates the feds pay them back the cost of participating, and if they don't incur the cost by participating, the fed will not reimuburse their zero cost. It's a LITTLE more than that, but not much. If the feds came out and said any TSA funding, FBI lab work, and DHS material grants require a minimum participation thresh hold we'd see a lot more cooperation from the states. No TSA means no airports.